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...Olympia by U.S. silver medallist Adam Nelson on Wednesday. The fact that he'd just suffered a heartbreaking loss of the gold medal to Ukrainian Yuriy Bilonog in the finals seconds did nothing to dim his enthusiasm for an event whose venue captured the magic of the Athens Olympiad. And it was shared by competitors, coaches and spectators...
...Altogether, 201 nations, territories and city-states?plus the island of Taiwan, which competes under the nebulous title of "Chinese Taipei"?joined the parade of athletes in last Friday's Opening Ceremony of the 28th Olympiad. Some, including the Americans, Russians and Chinese, are hoping to burnish their countries' reputations with bulging medal counts. Others, including Bhutan and East Timor, which is competing for the first time, are simply happy to wave their flags. Unlike high-profile gold-medal hopefuls, many of whom travel with their own personal trainers and a fridge full of optimal training food, athletes from these...
Though a late entrant into the social Olympiad that is thefacebook.com, Vito Giuliani Mussolini has made up for lost time with a 62-hour straight friending blitz that has amassed a whopping 476 friends as of press time. In Gossip Guy’s unofficial tally of just who on campus has the most free time on his hands, Giuliani is now second only to Andrew Burr (with over 500), having surpassed Jermaine Beatty , who was the early favorite to claim the gold...
Once Harvard Class of ’00, now Class of ’07. Gold-medal winner of the International Chemical Olympiad. New England Conservatory graduate, with professional potential as a double-bassist. Currently in classes with former students. Who is this mystery...
...hand for next summer's Olympic Games. But a confidential report by the U.S. State Department says otherwise. A team of biological- and chemical-terrorism experts visited Greece for 10 days in September, and concluded that authorities there have dangerously underestimated the threat of such attacks during the XXVIII Olympiad. Greek planning does not "cover the response capabilities and the reserve capabilities" for mass casualties from a biological or chemical assault, says the report, a copy of which was seen by TIME. The experts urge, among other things, avoiding drinking tap water during the Games in case it is deliberately...